Radiation Sources# Black-body Radiation, Spontaneous and Stimulated Radiation, Light Emitting Diodes, Diode Injection Laser, Displays. Electro-optical Radiation Detectors# Operating Principles of Quantum And Thermal Detectors, Measures For Performance of Detectors, Survey Of Photo-voltaic and Photo-conductive Quantum Detectors, Absorption Of Radiation in Semiconductors, Calculation of Responsivity and Noise Spectral Density, Defectivity, Noise Equivalent Power. Examples# Si, Insb, and Mct Detectors, Solar Cells. Time Response. Charge-coupled Radiation Detectors, Detector Arrays. Photo-conductive Detectors# Ambipolar Transport, Photo-conductive Detectors, Responsivity, Noise And Detectivity, Detector Arrays. Thermal Detectors# Thermopiles, Pyroelectric Detectors. Signal Processing# Coupling of Detectors To Amplifiers, Noise Requirements, Charge-coupled Structures, Integrators And Multiplexers, Examples.

Faculty: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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44125 - Basics of Semiconductor Devices M or 44127 - Basics of Semiconductor Devices


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